{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-fraud-act-2001/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-fraud-act-2001/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/11",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Fraud Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-fraud-act-2001",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Short title and extent",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Security Fraud Act 2001.\n(2) Sections 5(2),6A, 6B and 6C 7, 10, 11, 12(3), 13 and 20, and this section, extend to Northern Ireland; and the other provisions of this Act do not so extend.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 21(2) inserted (12.1.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), s. 61(3), Sch. 4 para. 8; S.I. 2010/45, art. 2(1)(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/11/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:07.049690+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}